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What today’s Iran headlines don’t reveal about ‘Project Freedom’
“Operation Epic Fury is concluded,” declared Marco Rubio, holding his first White House press conference yesterday. The US Secretary of…
Cubans want Donald Trump to save them
The US capture of Nicholas Maduro sent a shockwave of fear through the regime in Havana. Heeding the words of…
How far can bravado take the US?
Operation Absolute Resolve, Donald Trump’s rendition of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, was a brilliantly executed coup. The audacious raid did…
Could the Donroe Doctrine turn Marco Rubio into the president-in-waiting?
It required an incredible amount of sophistication to achieve the desired result in Caracas: a dictator detained and transported alive.…
Immigration is foreign policy now
Invade the world, invite the world. That pithy phrase was invented in the 2000s by Steve Sailer, the right-wing writer,…
Twitter is in China’s pocket
Twitter has been quick on the draw when responding to tweets by President Trump in the last month, as he…
What happens if Trump gets the coronavirus?
The White House has announced that everyone coming into range of President Trump will be tested for COVID-19. Trump, meanwhile,…
How coronavirus could kill conservatism
‘No corporate bailouts,’ says Michigan Rep. Justin Amash as lawmakers debate an economic stimulus package in response to coronavirus. Washington…
Lumped with Trump
His choice of running mate could heal the rift with the neocons
Why Trump prevailed
The political climate that brought about his rise is in fact a worldwide phenomenon
The Trump phenomenon
‘The Donald’ is winning because he is angrier than his rivals
America Notebook
I am writing on the morning that President Obama is to deliver his last State of the Union address. You,…
Donald Trump and the Republican cabaret show
Washington DC A friend of mine asked his father, aged 82: ‘Dad, at this stage of life, what do you…
